Senior Year Course Opinions

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Alright, you guys helped me choose my Junior year classes and I’m thankful for that since I had an absolutely fabulous year.</p>

<p>Senior year is going to be a tough one, so I’m wondering if you guys could critique my schedule in terms of feasibility and difficulty.</p>

<p>Semester 1
AP Environmental Science
AP Psychology
AP English Literature
AP US Government
AP Physics B
Japanese IV</p>

<p>Semester 2
AP Environmental Science
AP Psychology
AP English Literature
AP Comparative Government
AP Physics B
Japanese IV</p>

<p>One obvious problem is that I have no math courses on my schedule. The problem… our school won’t offer Calculus BC because not enough people are interested in it. This gives me two options:</p>

<li>I can self study it and take the exam for no school credit</li>
<li>I can take Calculus 2/3 at the local community college for college credit.</li>
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<p>I prefer the former, but any input would be appreciated. The main concern is time. Senior year is hectic and I would already have 5 AP classes. (most of which should be jokes). How would you guys handle a situation like this?</p>

<p>eek. I am pretty much set in stone for taking Lit, Physics, and US Gov. Should I continue on with Comparative Government? I heard Comparative Government is much harder than US. I know that Environmental and Psychology will be extremely easy courses. However, I am interested in these subjects and I hope that adcoms don’t look down upon me for this.</p>

<p>How were these courses for you if you’ve ever taken them?</p>

<p>Will this be too stressful for senior year, noting the fact that we have college applications to work on as well as scholarships and extracurriculars such as running, tennis, and volunteering?</p>

<p>It’s so hard for me to choose classes, since I am interested in learning all of the subjects. Sigh.</p>

<p>What do you guys think?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance. Also, if you are having problems of your own, please feel free to post also.</p>

<p>Hopefully we can receive positive feedback.</p>

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<p>Won't colleges have already made a decision before you complete those AP courses? So why bother taking so many if it's not going to help your GPA?</p>

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<p>For calculus, you should take the course that gets you the most credit at college. Some use a high BC grade to really shoot you ahead on the math track.</p>

<p>As for Comparative Government, it's definitely harder then AP US Gov; even more so now since they're changing the exam for next year and your teacher will have to adjust. But it's a very worthwhile course in my opinion, especially if you're interested in pursuing political science to any great extent.</p>

<p>That said, it really isn't that hard, since you're taking a survey course only. Moving into the intermediate level increases the difficulty immensely, since it's even more theoretical and requires a firm grip on all aspects of political science and geography.</p>